About the Author

A musician, songwriter, and economist, Jo Nesb� is also one of Europe's most acclaimed crime writers, and is the winner of the Glass Key Award, northern Europe's most prestigious crime-fiction prize, for his first novel featuring Police Detective Harry Hole. Nesb� lives in Oslo.

Reviews

"Reading The RedBreast is like watching a hit movie.... The pacing is swift. The plot is precise and intricate.... The Redbreast is surprisingly witty at times and often grim. But it's always smart." -- USA Today"An elegant and complex thriller . . . Ingenious design. . . . Harrowingly beautiful scenes." -- New York Times Book Review"Certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction." -- Washington Post Book World"Reading THE REDBREAST is like watching a hit movie. Author Jo Nesbo's scenes are so vivid that you can imagine them playing across the big screen. The pacing is swift. The plot is precise and intricate. The characters are intriguing." -- USA Today"Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking." -- Daily Telegraph (London)"Paced to grip and twiddle with your insides, this is a fine thriller." -- Sunday Sport"Original...demands concentration but it's worth the effort." -- Literary Review"Shifting effortlessly between the last days of WWII on the Eastern front and modern day Oslo, Norwegian Nesb� spins a complex tale of murder, revenge and betrayal. . . . Perfectly paced and painfully suspenseful." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"[A] bold, ambitious thriller." -- Kirkus Reviews